Chico >> Almond orchards throughout the area were wearing icicles early Tuesday morning, as growers turned on their sprinklers to temper the cold weather’s impact on the blooms and young nuts.

Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from mid-February to mid-March on about 210,000 acres of orchards. Each ...

When he's at work in local almond orchards, passers-by often stop to ask Hank Gorman whether the property owner know he's knocking over their trees. And every time he gives the same answer: "The ...

Wind doesn't necessarily harm almond trees. Neither does rain. But put them together in the wrong sequence, and look out! Local growers were counting their blessings Monday after escaping the weekend ...

First came the asparagus field. Then came the melons. And now Joe Del Bosque is considering the unthinkable: tearing out a sprawling almond orchard bursting with healthy, nut-producing trees. “It’s a ...

Wood chips from recycled almond trees are spread across an orchard in California's Stanislaus County. (Brent Holtz, UCANR) Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop ...

There’s something in the California air. The state’s spectacular almond bloom—the largest single pollination event in the world—has begun. Orchards are blooming and honey bees are buzzing. The video ...

California almond growers have been plagued by canker diseases that have caused yield and tree losses for years. Yet some mysteries remain about what causes them and how to diagnose the problem. Those ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Rodent expert Roger Baldwin used to get fewer than one yearly inquiry about rat issues during most of his extended stint at the University of California, Davis, where he’s a professor ...

FIREBAUGH, Calif.-- As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a ...

FIREBAUGH, Calif.-- As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a ...